Robert A. Bowman

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Robert A. Bowman served for 17 years as President/CEO of MLB Advanced Media ("MLBAM"). [1] Media reports in late 2017 alleged his departure from the MLBAM resulted from a decade of inappropriate behavior, ranging from multiple consensual intimate relationships with subordinates and leading a "culture of partying and heavy drinking with employees outside the office." [2] MLBAM manages online activities for Major League Baseball including the MLBAM@Bat video streaming applications for Smartphones, pad computing devices and the like. [3] From 1995–2000, he was ITT's President/Chief Operating Officer. From 1991–95, he was also ITT's CFO. [4]

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From 1983–90, Bowman was Michigan's State Treasurer and was widely credited with helping fuel the state's economic recovery, including from a 1987 Public Sector Consultants' profile that "Wall Street smiled on Michigan's improved fiscal condition," leading to national notoriety for Bowman. [5] In 2010 it was reported that he was considering a run for governor of Michigan. [6]

Education

Bowman graduated from Harvard College in 1977 [7] and the Wharton School of Business in 1979. [8]

MLBAM At Bat App

Bowman was instrumental [9] in spearheading the development of MLB's At Bat app for the iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle, etc. [10]

Bowman Patents

Bowman is named as a co-inventor on the following U.S. Patents: U.S. Patent No. 8,121,872: [11] System and Method for Allocating Seats for a Ticketed Event

U.S. Patent No. 8,121,712: [12] System and Method for Determining an Offensive, Defensive, and Cumulative Efficiency of a Sports Team

U.S. Patent No. 8,045,956: [13] System and Method for Venue-to-Venue Messaging

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References

  1. ↑ "No. 10: Bob Bowman, Internet chief - USATODAY.com".
  2. ↑ Red, Christian (21 December 2017). "MLB Advanced Media executive Bob Bowman reportedly forced out after years of alleged misconduct". New York Daily News. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  3. ↑ Dyad Communications. "Wharton Alumni Magazine: 125 Influential People and Ideas: Robert A. Bowman". wharton.upenn.edu. Archived from the original on January 6, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Company Overview of MLB Advanced Media, L.P." bloomberg.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ Farrar, Bev. "ROBERT BOWMAN: A PROFILE" (PDF). Public Sector Consultants. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ex-treasurer Robert Bowman giving governor's race a look". MLive.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ Detroit Financial Advisory Board - Robert Bowman
  8. ↑ 125 INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE AND IDEAS; KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE DIGITAL BALL; ROBERT A. BOWMAN, WG’79
  9. ↑ "MLB.com is gearing up for next season". Fortune.
  10. ↑ Chris Albrecht. "MLB's At Bat App Downloaded More Than 400,000 Times". Archived from the original on 2012-06-19.
  11. ↑ "Patent US8121872 - System and method for allocating seats for a ticketed event".
  12. ↑ "Patent US8121712 - System and method for determining an offensive, defensive, and cumulative ... - Google Patents".
  13. ↑ "Patent US8045965 - System and method for venue-to-venue messaging".
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